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How popular is “Wray” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wray” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Wray” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Wray” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Wray” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Wray” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Wray” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wray” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 -100%
1914 16 0.000011297 16 -100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 -100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 -100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 -100%
1918 16 0.000007369 16 -100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 -100%
1920 11 0.000004862 11 -100%
1921 12 0.00000514 12 -100%
1922 14 0.000006116 14 -100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1924 13 0.000005458 13 -100%
1925 17 0.000007286 17 -100%
1926 17 0.000007404 17 -100%
1927 28 0.000012072 28 -100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 -100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 -100%
1930 7 0.000003148 7 -100%
1931 16 0.000007603 16 -100%
1932 22 0.00001042 22 -100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 -100%
1934 15 0.000007223 15 -100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1936 18 0.000008664 18 -100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 -100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 18 0.000006589 6 12 -33%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 -100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 -100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 -100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 -100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 -100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 -100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 -100%
1950 18 0.000005138 18 -100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 -100%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 -100%
1953 16 0.000004152 16 -100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 -100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 -100%
1958 24 0.000005806 7 17 -42%
1959 16 0.000003848 5 11 -38%
1960 17 0.000004093 17 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1966 19 0.000005467 19 -100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%

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